Summary

Our Score

A range of test shots are shown over the next two pages. Here, the full size image has been reduced for bandwidth purposes, and in some case a crop taken from the original full resolution image has been placed below it in order for you to gain an appreciation of the overall quality.

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Here's the usual comparison shot for overall detail. Either click to see the full-size image or see the crop below.

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The image is a little bit soft, but the overall level of detail is very high, with almost no compression artefacts.

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This was taken using the wide end of the zoom range, equivalent to 38mm. Unfortunately the full-size version of this was too big to be uploaded, at an impressive 5.7MB.

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This was taken from the same position using the telephoto end of the zoom, equivalent to 114mm.

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The lens is very good, producing only a little distortion at wide angle.

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This is a crop from the corner of the above image, showing the excellent level of edge sharpness.